I am flabbergasted at the level of detail in the items created for the Calico Critters toy franchise. I’m not surprised it’s Japanese (although I wouldn’t have been surprised if it were German either). But what fascinates me more is how Scarlett uses the toys to approximate her life. It reveals what she pays attention to and what she imagines is going on in the heads of the adults around her.

Scarlett really likes setting up her Calico critter houses, and I thought it was set up very nicely, so one day I did a photo shoot:

Then Scarlett got the really big house, so I took some more photos of her setup: